Seeking protection for flat-tailed horned lizard

Cameron Barrows

Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Research ecologist Cameron Barrows searches for the flat-tailed horned lizard in a wind-swept area of the desert east of Palm Springs. This is the last corner in the Coachella Valley that still has a population of these lizards, he said.

Research ecologist Cameron Barrows searches for the flat-tailed horned lizard in a wind-swept area of the desert east of Palm Springs. This is the last corner in the Coachella Valley that still has a population of these lizards, he said. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)